New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD "ADS MEA BETTER BUSINESS P PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916 —TWELVE P AGES. ESTABLISHED GROHOL PREDICTS ANSONIA STRIKE WILL END AFTER | YUNNAN REBELLION MEETING THIS AFTERNOON Youthful Peacemaker Declares Trouble Will Be Settled Without Any Clash “Have Peace at Any Cost.” EW DEMAND PRESENTED FOR WAGE ALLOWANCE FOR JActual Number of Strikers About 2,000 and Additional 2,500 Men Are in Enforced Idleness—Guards Post- ed in Mills of Brass Co. Taken Off Duty in Daytime—Mayor Satisfied With Conditions. Feb. 19.—“The strike in Ansonia will be settled without any clash,” said Joseph Grohol, the young who has secured through his knowledge of seven languages and his tact almost complete control over the two thousand or more striking labor- ers of the American Brass Co., after a big strikers meeting, toda: “We will have peace at apny cost,” he add- cd, and then he stated that he had found by getting the committees of the severa] nationalists together that the strikers have found out that they had made a mistake, that they are willing to be fair, and that the offi- cials of the company on the other hand are willing to discuss the situa- ‘tion. Grohol felt confident that the strike will end this afternoon after the conference between a sub-com- mittee of the strikers general commit- tee and the company’s officers. Explains Cause of Strike. Ansonia, man Mr. Grohol wanted the point em- phasized that the actual number of SATURDAY FORENOON BELIEVE AGED HAMDEN WOMAN WAS MURDERED Body of Mrs. Overus Found in Old Shack—Coroner Holds Son. New Haven, Feb. 19.—Agnes Overus aged sixty-five was found dead upon her bed in an old shack in Waest ‘Woods on a hill in Hamden late last night, and today the Hamden con- stables express the opinion that she was murdered. A wound two inches across from a charge of shot was in the woman’s abdomen, and death was probably immediate. The body when examined by the constables about 2 a, m., was crosswise on the bed, with the hands crossed on her breast, the bed clothes drawn up, a shotgun on the floor at the left, and loaded car- tridges and some money scattered over the bed coverings. A son, John, aged twenty-four who is now' detained, says that he found the body at 10 o’clock and then went to a neighbor’s house to have a mes- sage sent to Constables Sturtze and Webster. The woman's husband had strikers is about two thousand, and that the additional 2,500 employes who are out are in enforced idleness. The fact that these latter did not re- sist the rush of the strikers saved the situation. Grohol also explained just what brought on the strike. It arose from a misunderstanding over an in- crease in pay promised laborers by the company last November. According to Grohol the company gave their laborers an advance of 21 cents an hour under an agreement en- tered in November with the addition- al promise of an additional 23 cents effective Feb. 14, ‘When the laborers g0t their pay envelopes Tuesday and Wednesday they did not find in them the advance promised, which addi- | tional waze would have been in the | pay envelopes to be distributed next | week Tuesday and Wednesday. This ! accounts for the unanimity of feeling | on the part of the men for a strike. The action was started without any one having stopped to make an in- quiry about the advance and practi- cally every one of the two thousand laborers thought he had a personal | grievance. It was not until today’'s meeting of the strikers that the con- gitions were understandingly explain- ed to the men. Grohol was in con- trol of this meeting which was held in_Sarsfield Hall, the place loaned to the strikers by Grohol as the property Is a part of his father's estate. The meefing began early in the forenoon and lasted until nearly noon. There vere from 800 to 200 present as a gen- eral estimate. Before it started half’ a dozen men who appeared to be agl- raters began to harangue the crowd but Grohol pushed his way to the front and ordered them to stop saying that he was not going to stand for any violence or any plea for strife. He demanded that these speakers stop and asked the crowd to uphold him. The men stopped talking when the arowd shouted to the effect that they would be thrown out of the hall Grehol advised no drastic action as he thought that the men, if they were also strikers, had a right to stay but they also had to keep quiet unless they were on the general committee. Gro- hol suggested that the only speakers at the meeting be members of the zeneral committee. This plan was followed, and the detalls of a con- ference wera left with a sub-commit- tee of eight, each member speaking a different language. Guards Taken Off. The guards which have been posted In the mills of the company have been taken off and will be on duty only At night. The situation has improved B0 much that felt justified, they said, in letting the property remain just as on a holiday. Mayor Schumacker also expressed himself satisfied with conditions feel- Ing that it was better to have peace officers here to handle the crowd, if necessary, than to bring in national guardsmen. i Grohol An Grohol is 26 Actor. vears of age and an He came from Pittsfield, to look after the estate of his had just died. Ile was brought up in Ansonia and acquired knowledge of several languages. He fiever worked in the mills but knew personally scores of men who are now ¥ orr stri After leaving the Ansoni AHigh school he went to Phillips-F - netor. M father who the company's offiicals | been in the city with a daughter since Tuesday and he was sent out to the shack today. The son, John, has been questioned. He said he came home, having been in New Haven, either just before or just after dark last night. He saw his mother on the bed but thought she was asleep and it was late before he noticed the gun and cartridges. The shack is said to be eight feet by twelve feet in floor area. It is lo- cated deep in the woods. After the constables started for the shack their horse gave out because of labor through the snow and they had to se- cure another to complete the trip. In the son’s story he has made ref- erence to seeing a bearded man going through the woods while he was on his way home. Neighbors say that about 6 o'clock they heard the report of a gunshot from the direction of the shack. The constakles say that John Overus when they detained him act- ed as if he was recovering from intoxi~ cation. Coroner Mix after looking into the the case held John Overus, the son, without bail until next week. The husband declared to rhe coroner that he knew nothing of his wife’s death until summoned from his daughter’s home- PRESENTS EAGLE TO WILSON ‘Washington, Feb., 19.—A full grown American eagle several feet high was on exhibition at the White House to- day and attracted considerable atten- tion from visitors. It was the gift of Judge G. F. Patrick of Colorado to President Wilson. ICE HARVESTING HALTS Sheet of Water Between Ice Layers Causes Postponement of Activities at Shuttle Meadow. Although the men put in an ap- pearance for work at Shuttle Meadow lake this morning, no ice was har- vested as it was found that there was o sheet of water between two thick- nesses of ice. It is expected that the cold snap will freeze up this layer and pave the way for the resumption of the har- vesting Monday. The water commis- Is!nner% expect to store 6,000 tons of ice. TROOP MOVEMENTS THROUGH BELGIUM Germans For Last Six Days Have Been Dispatching Forces to West, South and Southeast. Amsterdam, Feb. 18, via London, Feb. 19, 11:35 a. m.—-In the course of the last six days great troop move- ments have occurred in south and cen- tral Belgium, says a despatch from frontier to the Telegraaf. Long trains with artillery and in- fantry were runnin galong the rail- roads to the west and south and some small detachments were transported by way of Louvain, Wavern and Gen- hloux te the southeast. Louvain, the despatch adds, still N poirt of support of Gerinan aind many conferences of high (Continued On Eleventh Page.) | military officers are held there. |CHINA WILL CRUSH “No Campaign But Only Skirm- ish,” Declares Yuan Shi-Kai COUNTRY NEUTRAL IN WAR President Says Few Ambitions Lead- ers ,Without Popular Support, Are Engineering Revolt—Discusses Pro- posed Monarchy. | Peking, China, Feb. 19.—In an ex- clusive interview with the correspon- dent of the Associated Press at the palace today, President Yuan Shi-Kai | minimized the importance of the re- bellion now in progress and expressed confidence of the ability of the gov- ernment to suppress the uprising wher. adequate troops reach the upper Yang-Tse Kiang. Vice Admiral Tsai | Ting-Kan, confidential secretary of the Yuan Shi-Kai, acted as interpreter. “This is no campaign, but only a skirmish,” said Yuan Shi-Kai, “but it gives me so much work that it in- creases my appetite.” Physical Conditian Excellent. The president replied laughingly to a remark regarding his excellent phy- sical conditions and good spirits, re- futing rumors of his ill-health. Dis cussing his enthronement, he said: ‘“Although a date in February was sanctioned, the enthronement could not take place because of the Yunnan rebellion which necessitated military operations. Therefore it was decided with saddened hearts, to postpone it.” Drafting New Constitution. The president said the drafting of a new constitution will go before a national convention for suggestions He did not predict the date of pro- mulgation of the constitution. Dis- cussing its nature, he said: “We shall adopt from all countries the provisions most suited to China, without leaning toward any foreign constitution.” Yuan Shi-Kai had this to say re- garding probable recognition of the | monarchy: “I cannot tell what governments will or will not delay. Kach will recognize the monarchy according to circumstances.” Maintain Strict Neutrality. Regarding China’s position as af- fected by the war, the president said: “China has made every effort ‘to maintain strict neutralit The Chinese government is not aware that the entente powers or the other bel- ligerents e made any substantial charges against us for not hav done so. China will endeavor to re- main on friendly terms with all the treaty powers."” Yuan Shi-Kai then reverted to the insurrection. “Yuannan and Kwei- Chow have few troops and little am- munition,” he said. ‘‘How soon the rebellion will be crushed depends upon the roads and the rapidity of com- munication. “A few ambitious leaders, without popular support, are engineering the rebellion. The voting showed that the public favors a monarchy.” 2,000 MAROONED BY FLOOD IN LOUISIANA Negro Plantation Iaborers Trapped | Around Newellton Without Food and With But Scant Shelter, New Orleans, Feb. 19.—Increased apprehension was felt today for the two thousand or more persons ma- rooned around Newellton, without food and with but scant shelter. Most of them are negro plantation laborers unable to reach safety when the Miss- issippi river broke shrough the levee at the Buck Ridge plantation. The crevasse is nearly 700 feet wide. The water is pouring through the crevasse | four miles an hour. A quarter semi- circle with a radius of twenty-five miles is flooded from six to fifteen feet while beyond this another twenty-five miles is covered with water from a few inches to one and two feet deep. The flood wil not reach its climax for at least a week, authorities predict. Concordia Parish, in northeast Louisi- ana, is almost entirely covered with water. Tlood waters from the Buck Ridge crevasses and back water from the Black, Red and Old rivers, together with water from the broken leaven of the Arkansas river, have dotted north- east Louisiana with several large lakes which are gradually drawing closer to each other. It is believed they event- vally will converge into one huge lake, | eighty-five miles by fifty miles, cov- ering the parishes of Tensas dia, Franklin and Catahoul a few high spots. Below Melville, La., the crevasse in the Atchafalaya river was reported having reached a width of 2,100 feet rly toda. Back levees still protect- ed Melville from the back flow. except in BISHOP SHANAHAN DE. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 19—Bishop John Shanahan of the Roman Cath- olic diocese of Harrisburg, died at a hospital here early today. Bishop Shanahan underwent an operation on Feb. 10 and secemed to be improving | until yesterday, when his condition | took a turn for the worse. He was \ 69 years old. | WILL GOODWIN BE QUIGLEY 3 RIVAL? Third Warders Said to Be Preparing to Launch Campaign Against Mayor's Renomination, That B. Clayton Goodwin, member cf the board of education and former representative, is being considered as la candidate for the republican nomi- ration for mayor, is the rumor which was circulated today as the result of ! the meeting of the Consolidated Re- publican Ward club last evening. Tt js said his candidacy was discussed in his presence. Mr. Goodwin was asked today whether he was a can- | didate or would be a candidate and | replied: “I do mot expect to be.” For some time it has been rumored that the third ward contingent of the | G. 0. P. would place a candidate in the ficld against Mavor George A. Quigley, who has already announced | I nis candidacy ! for renomination. Whether Mr. Goodwin will .be the men is not known. Attorney Emil J. Danberg, clerk of | jthe city and police courts, is reported | [to be in a receptive mood for the second ward berth on the republican town committee. Mr. Danberg is a | former councilman, resigning that office when he was appointed clerk of the courts. J. Willie Mills is also be- ing mentioned as a candidate for the | second ward place on the town com- | mittee. Mark Cashmore, the present | incumbent, is about to be thrown | overboard, if reports are to be credit- ed. It is said all is not to be milk and honey for Mayor Quigley this jpring in the second ward, his baili- wick. At the meeting of the Consolidated Ward club last night Howard M. Steele, former tax collector, was e’ected president. This is not con- sidered encouraging for Mayor Quig- ley as Steele was a candidate for the republican nomination for mayor against His Honor and there is said to be considerable feeling between the Quigley and Steele factions. Other officers elected are: First vice president, W. B. Rossberg; second vice president, James Desmond; third vice president, Edward Wiegand; sec- retary, F. S. Illingworth; treasurer Alderman M. Irving Jester. MAROONED ON ISLAND FOR YEAR AND A HALF Party Forced to Leave Brit- ish Steamer Which Was Sunk By Germans. Jacksonville, Ills., Feb, 19.- let- ter mailed at Honolulu, Feb. was received here yesterday from Homer T. Madison®of White Hall, Ills.,, 1e- lating how with a number of others he was marooned for nearly a year and a half on an island off the west coast of South America, after leav- ing the British steamer Bella Donna, which was sunk by a German cruiser in September, 1914. The letter which was received by his gr&nnmo&her, Mrs. Rebecca Mad- ison, “For L'h(‘ last year and a half T have been on a little island in the South sea where no ships ever stop. “I was on the English ship Bella Donna, when a vear ago last Septem- ber we were stopped off the west coast of South America by a German cruiser. They forced us to go in our small boats and theh sank our ship. The A | day after we ran into a pretty stiff gale and were blown away south. We brought up on a small island among a group of several. There were a few friendly man. We were there until about forty days ago when a smal safling vessel put in for water, having heen blown off her course. We then came here. “We had a nice comfortable time while marooned, but of course we all | were glad to get awa: CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS. New Haven Motorman Fatally Hurt and Dies on Way to Hospital. New Haven, Feb. 19.—William Ma- her, a motorman for the Connecticut Company on the local lines, was fatal- | Iy hurt and died on the way to the | hospital today, after being caught | between two cars at the junction of Ferry and Chapel streets. The ac- cident is under inqu At the office of the company it was stated that Maher's car ended its run at the junction and then switch- ed back. Maher passed between the cars and was caught by the bump- ers, a leg being torn off. Maher was formerly a police oflicer, but eventu- ally returned to the trolley cars. He was about 38 vears of age. | S. P. STORRS’ WILL. The will of Samuel P. Storrs, the druggist, was filed for probate today. By the terms of the will, Mr, Storrs leaves his entire estate to his wife, Alice G. Storrs. George L. Damon is appointed executor. The will was drawn on January , 1891, and the witnesses were Ernst K. Chri BB, Mitchell and Lyman S, Burr. Hartford, Hartford and ) erally fair tonight and Sunday Slightly warmer Sunday. | openea natives there and one white | here from Madrid. TURKS EVAGUATING TOWN ON BLACK SEA Russians Bombarding Vitzesui— Story of Capture of Erzerum GOMMANDER’S FATE UNKNOWN | Complete Co-operation of — Czar’s | Troops Over Wide Arca Made Use- less Resistance on Part of Sultan’s Torces Defending Stronghold. Petrograd, Feb. 19, via London, 11 a. m.—The first story of the capture of Erzerum by the Rus- | sians reached Petrograd semi-officially today. It shows complete co-opera- | tion of Ru wide | area, which made us the part of the Turks. Apparentiy the Turks realized that the fall of Erzer- um was inevitable and withdrew most of their forces before the final on- | slaught, widely separated forts to their fate. The campaign began to reach climax in the last da The troops of General P— from the | in detail n troops over a less resistance on the east moved against the first line forts under the most severe weather conditions. The Russians dragged their artillery to the heights surround- ing the fortresses and, when all was | ready, began to bombard Forts Kara 15 miles northeast of Erzerum, pre- paratory to the bayonet assault. Both Forts Capitulate. 29 both forts capitulated. Gez made On Jan. The taking of Dalan the Deve Boinu Range, in front of the city. The capture of Kara a direct passage through the Karabagas Pass to the city proper from the northeast. Fort Tafta lies midway | these two fortre: In a night at- | tagk on Jan. 30 this fort was captured, leaving omly Chaban Bebe, between the two armies operating from this quarter. Storm Whole Front Line. On. Feb. 2 the Russlans began to storm the whole front lines on the Bebe Boinu heights. By evening all these positions were in Russian hands, permitting complete junction of the troops on the northeast. The fall of | this first line guickly decided the fate [of the inner forts Meanwhile the | Palan Teken group of forts, seven | miles to the south had been surround- | ed on three sides. The general a | sault on the second line began with- out giving the men time for a rest. The five inner forts made only a fee- ble resistance. Their garrisons beat 1 a hasty retreat into the city and fol- lowed the bulk of the troops which al- ready were on the roads leading west- ward. Only the rear guard took fighting of the last day. Signs that the evacuation under way were observed immediately after the fall of the first fort. May Attempt Stand. Tt is thought possible the Turks will attempt to make a stand at the first favorable point, which is in the hills on the western edge of Erzerum Valley, eleven miles distant, but it is not regarded as probable that they have been able to erect any exten- sive fortifications there. The Russians are hastily repairing the small damages done to the for- tresses against a possible attempt of the Turks to retake them. No News of Commander. No news has been received of the fate of Ekved Pevzi Pasha, com- mander of the ninth Corps, who was in charge of the defense of Erzerum. It is reported that reinforcements from Thrace were on the way to Er- zerum, but that they were still five or six days distant when the city was surrendered. Artillery had been shipped by sea to Trebizond. Turks Evacuating Vitzesu. A telegram from Sebastopol reports part in the | the bombardment of Vitzesu on the Black Sea, fifteen miles east of Trebi- zond. The Turks are evacuating. The reference in the foregoinz to Elkved Pevzi Pasha as the commander in charge of Erzerum before its sur- render apparently disposes of unoffi- cial reports of several weeks ago that the Turkish army there was in charge | of the German Field Marshal Von Der Goltz or his compatriot, Field Marshal Liman Von Sander: S. Ambassador to Ru sia to Remain At Post till Secretary Arrives. Petrograd, Feb. 18, 7:30 p. m., via T.ondon, Feb. 1 a, m.—George T. Marye, United States ambassador to Russia, has received notification from the state department at Wash- ington that his resignation is accept- ed. He is requested, however, remain at his post until the arri of the first secretary of the emb: Fred M. Dearing, who is on his way Washington, Feb. from David R. Francis to whether he would ambassadorship to Russin was awi ed by President Wilson today. Francis was secretary - in the Cleveland adminis I of leaving the garrisons of the 1%F north and those of General K— from ‘ Gudek, 20 miles, and Fort Dalan Gez, | a| breach in the outer line defenses along | Gudek | between | > | nouncement NO POLITICAL UNITY CRISIS AMONG SWISS Sympathies for Foreign Causes Simply Show People Arc Using Their Constit 19, 4:45 a. Wwitzerland involving the of the country, De Coppet, tional Liberty. Feb. m.—There is in Par ne political cording to Camille dent of the Swi Berne cr! unity ac- presi- Federation, as | correspondent whom M. quoted by the the De Coppet aroused in closures made Journal with discussed the agitation Switzerland by the dis- during investigation of tine gainst the two Swiss arrested recently on charges ting military secret rland tomorrow will be tzerland of yesterday the president. ‘““The sympathie: tertained by the for foreign auses simply show that they are using fully their constitutional liberty to think as they like. Should a | movement of assimilation, as they say {in ph s, rather than of exosmos] | Ir’ other words, our neighbors are far | more likely to become Sw than are the Swis to enter into the life of the belligerent nations. All this popular effervescence will quiet down 7 the federel council meets. vthing will be cleared up patriotism will come out Of the strengthened if anything. 'ELOPERS RETURN AFTER COURT LETS THEM WED | | | | the | aid en- Swiss and | affair Elton Married Mrs. Carter So Carter Married Mrs. Elton And They’re All Happy. | e (Special to the Herald.) Plainville, Feb. 19—Like the digal son of Biblical Irving | B. Carter, whose marital affairs pro- times, have been under the calcium a great deal ince he first eloped with the wife of his friend two years ago, has re- turned to the parental roof and today found him snugly ensconced in the home of his father, Representative Edward T. Carter. With him is Mrs. Edwin Elton with whom he ran away | and at the Carter home it was an- nounced this morning that she is now his wife, relatives guarding as a secret i the date and place of the marriage. Carter and his new partner in wed- lock returned to Plainville last even- ing. They arrived shortly after o'clock and were met at the depot by the young man's mother, who, having been advised of their home- ward journey, had a hack ready to shield them from prying eyes as they hastened to the residence of Carter's parents. News of their return spread rapidly, however, and once again Plainville was agog over the latest twist in the matrimonial tangle. Except to admit that the couple are married and that they will make their home in Plainville, Carter's father declined to discuss their af- fairs. He said the ceremony w formed some time after the w of Edwin H. Elton and Carter's former wife, which took place in Rye, N. Y., on January 5. The latest sequel to the scandal confirms the long suspected belief that Carter and Elton would exchange wives. Carter and Mrs. Elton first ran off early in February 1914 They returned home a few days later and | were forgiven by their respective spouses. On November 14, 1915 they left again, and it is said that they have since been living in California, probably enjoying the hospitality of the young man’s uncle, Lucas Carter, who formerly lived in Plainville. Elton and Mrs. Carter were granted divorces on the grounds of infidelity on December 17. They waited a few weeks and were married, taking up their residence in Bristol. Carter is now expected to resume his duties at his father’s foundry, where he was employed before he de- erted his wife. The son born of Carter’s first mar- riage in the custody of his mother, now Mrs. Elton, and it is reported that litigation will soon be startcd over him. 6 900,000 FOR JEWISH RELIEFR. New York, Feb. 19.—Nearly 900,000 has been sent from the Unit- ed States for sufferers in Poland, Palestine and other war zone: it was announced today by the joint distribution committee of the Jewish relief fund. Of this amount §1,- 000 has gone to R $860,000 to Poland and Lithuan Austria-Hungary and $142, estine. Russia, Austria-Hungary, GERMAN TELIEC erdam, FRA 19, m.—Thousands of telegran 24 ze to northern DELAYED. Feb, via London, Germany ve been delayed to 48 hours on account of dam land wires by the storm in Holland. | T =0 it MILLION DOLLAR SHIP DEAL Ohio 1 An- was 1 of | ¥ vessel [ 1 Cleveland h 19 ! today million dellay amers wle here the deal by closing of which four st | J. the relief of Jewish war | S. denied that the New that admitted that ness at the request of the New Hal Mr. Bigelow, lar ber Haven, ation, many ing | hos only its CONN. SHIPPERS FAVOR NEW HAVE RETAIN BOAT L Members of State Public Utilif Gommission Testify at Hearing ON ROAD'S APPLICATION UNDER PANAMA CANAL A H, Hale of Glastonbury Says ) nopoly Was Preferably to Comp tion in S0 Far as New Haven's xists in Connecticut *. Elwell of Flm City 2 2 York, Feb. 19.- cf Connecticut favor trol by the New York, Hartford Railroad ship lines, according the public utilities commission Connecticut who were witpesses tog beforc Interstate Commerce Com sioner Judson C. Clements in the hé| ing on the road's application to re# its boat lines under the Panama € al act, J. H. Hale of Glastonbury, a mil ber of the utilities body and a shipper, testified that his commi: conducted an inquiry to determine attitude of the people of Conneet} both shippers and New Haven . stockholde toward the New Hawi petition and found that the g opinion was that it would be be versally unwise at this time” for government to decree a divorcem The shipp| continued New Haven 8 Co., of its stes to members a Service Now Excellent. A, H. Elder, representing the ] state commerce commission, o Mr. Hale whether, in his opinion, same competition exists today betwi rail and water lines owned jointl existed when the boat routes were erated independently. Mr. Hale ceded thut each waterline if no joint control today would be * for business” but he Insisted rates would be higher and that * shippers would have to pay.” The vice now, the witness (](\\orth’d “excellent and satisfactory. Mr. Elder asked Mr, Hale if knew that in 1908 a prosperous dependent competing water line, 4 Hartford and New York, was browu by the New Haven through the road giving $200 par value of Haven stock for every $100 par Wi of the independent line's stock. witness was aware of this. Preferable to Competition. “As public utilitiés commission do you think it was proper for New Haven road to make such a B chase?” Mr. Hale was asked. “The New Haven's action has’ interfered with the quality = of vice,” Mr, Hale replied. *Monopt was preferable to competition,” added, “in so far as the New Ha joint control exists in Connecticutif day.” Universal Desire of Conn, Elwell of New Haven, anol utilities com: inquiry ¢o €. G member of the public sion, testified that an vinced him that it was ‘“‘the unive desire” of the people of Connectid that the New Haven continue to @ its boats. He had been employed the New Haven road at various thmy he testified but lenied knowledge any “pressure” being exerted by road to force an independent ste boat line to carry fertilizer and of “obnoxious shipments.” Mr. Elwell denied that when was employed at New London, New Haven tried to block across a competing boat line’s dock M throwing long lines of cars acre the tracks. Others Testify. x Testimony that the New Haw " boat lines were given by J. L. ( ager of Arbuckle ot sugar and coffee James L Hovyle, Manufacturers and Business M8 association of New York; Frank gelow, boiler and iron works turer of New Haven, and Chasl Keene, traffic manager of #i American Tobacco Co. Mr. Hoyle introduced a resolul adopted by his association faye the New Haven's application. Haven reques resolution be passed, he appeared as a ‘arling, traffic ms 3rothers, shipp from New Yo secretary of ¥ uf S, this who introduced a sim resolution adopted by the Cham of Commerce of the city of N conceded under cross exani that it was probably true ti of the New Haven men fa¥g the New Haven's petition W& stockholders in the railroad. Best in U. S United the N Mr ew of disclosed he was States™ W “The best in the he description of service given by eriticism the paying line This, it wa Haven'| Keene. Hi| Haven i rival indg in varle declared, did 48 for @ ot past oft yendent naquiri nean that impossible Steamship Co., wer the Peavey by Keiss Coal Co., of She 1 Loygan. ndependent line to establish itsel (Continued On Eleventh Page.)